Under the theme “Live, learn and have fun in a low carbon world”, the UAE Green Festival, a country-wide celebration to take place on March 16 and last for one month, is meant to unveil the UAE’s sustainable identity.

 

Officially launched in Abu Dhabi in Masdar, the Festival comes as a result of prolonged hours of planning and preparation to make the United Arab Emirates a leading sustainable destination that provides its residents and visitors a quality life.

 

The festival will comprise ecotourism, sustainable transportation and green technology among others. Each of these sustainable pillars will bid an array of eco-friendly activities and functions.

 

UAE businesses are increasingly committed to sustainability.

 

The UAE Green Festival comes as the ideal platform to showcase and promote their green practices and initiatives and to raise awareness among the residents and visitors to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.

 

The UAE Green Festival has launched a smartphone application, the “UAE Green App,” that includes the UAE Green Times Magazine which offers green tips and tackles environmental issues locally and internationally and the Green Map which is a locator of UAE Green Businesses and the events of the festival that keep users posted with all the latest updates.

 

During the festival, UAE Art Galleries will embrace exhibitions showcasing green art, paintings on Mother Nature, landscapes, photographs and recycled art, which will encompass the environment and other ecological topics.

 

Hotels in the UAE will take part in the UAE Green Festival by promoting their sustainable practices and involving their guests in this experience. Some will be arranging green activities such as having a green zone to showcase all their green practices, planting activities, and much more.

 

Moreover, Abu Dhabi and Dubai will host an “incomparable” Green Auto Show demonstrating sustainable transportation.